Bag holder



Aug. 15, 1933.

F. s. ELLIOTT 1,922,938

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BAG HOLDER Filed Nov. 5, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Zhwentor 16 Bed 5 Ellie attorney Patented Aug. 15, 1933 l i UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs BAG HOLDER Fred s. Elliott, Lansing, Mich, assignor of one-half to William B. Phillips, Lansing, Mich.

Application November 5, 1931. Serial No. 573,167

'3 Claims. 01. same) This invention relates to a stationary or portward toward the center of base 1 and are adjaablebag holder of the type adapted to hold fabric cent to the rear thereof. From the center, or other sacks so that the mouth ofsaid sacks brackets 2 are bent upward to form standard 3 may be held in an open position to receive the and are welded at their upper extended end thus desired contents. Stationaryin that it may be forming an inverted Y. The standard being 60 attached to a stationary object such as the side welded at its upper end and secured at its lower of a grainery or be a part of a machine from end along each side of base 1 allow a slight bow which grain 'or the like is taken away in bags. between the base 1 and the welded section of Portable in that it may be attached to a movable standard 3 to form an added friction in opening frame secured to a suitable base that may be 4 of arm support bracket 5. Along the front brought into use wherever desired. side of standard 3 are a series of notches 6 in It is an object of this'invention to provide a which protrusion 7 of support bracket 5 comes simple and eflicient structure of bag holder that to rest when bracket 5 is set at the desired height will not readily get out of order and will be adaptas shown in Fig. 2. Bracket 5 has at each end ed to hold bags of various sizes, both in circuman opening 8 in which semi-circular bag holding 70 ference and length and that may be placed on arms 9 are p a d d held b P 0. the market at a' reasonable cost. Pins 10 also form a fulcrum for arms 9. Arms I accomplish this object by providing a bag 9 extend backwards and beyond pins 10 to form holding device comprising oppositely disposed levers 11 to which one end of springs 12 are securesemi-circular arms adapted to hold the bag, ly anchored, the other ends of springs 12 are 75 which arms are resiliently held in position and anchor d o p o u s 3 of pp bracket 5, that may be adjustable vertically on a standard thus through springs 12 and levers l1 bag holdsecured to a suitable base. ing arms 9 are held shaped to form an L as shown To these and other ends, the invention conby the Sectional V W in the upright 14 sists in novel features of construction and comholds the mouth of the bag open and the horizonbination of elements hereinafter described and tal extended part 15 keeps the bag from slipping clearly set forth in the claims. off of semi-circular arms.

The invention can be constructed in a variety It will be noticed in Fig. 2 that to raise or lower of forms and of these I have selected for illustrabracket 5 by raising arms 9 slightly as shown by tion and specific description herein the one which broken lines, will draw protrusion 7 of bracket 5 85 I consider to exhibit the many features of the out of engagement with notches 6 of standard 3 invention in their most convenient and effecso that bracket 5 will be free to be moved up or tive forms, the embodiment is illustrated in the down, as soon as arms 9 are released and resume accompanying drawings of Which: a horizontal position bracket 5 will automatically Fig. 1 is a perspective View or the bag holder. lock in place. 90 Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken on line The horizontal protrusions 15 of the semi-cir- 2- 2 of Fig. 4 showing the notches and means of oular arms 9 extend horizontally beyond vertical holding the bag holder in place on the standard. section 14 and perform a protrusion at each end Fig. 3 is a sectional end view of one of the as indicated by 16 and 1'7. These protrusions 95 semi-circular arms showing the construction taktend to force themselves out under the hem at the on on line 33 of Fig. 4. top of the bag and form a means for holding the Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the bag holding desides of the bag from slipping off said semi-cirvice. oular arms 9.

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the top part of the In practice I have found that the form of my 100 standard showing the bracket engaging the reinvention illustrated in the accompanying drawsilient portions thereof. ings and referred to in the above description as Throughout the description and drawings the the preferred embodiment, is the most efiicient same number is used to refer to the same part. and practical: yet I wish it understood that vari- Referring to the drawings, the bag holder comous minor changes in details of construction may prises a base 1 which may be constructed of vabe resorted to without sacrificing any of the adrious forms but which is shown as comprising vantages of my invention as set forth; for inside members 1A between which extend the stance, that both arms need not be movable, on boards 1B and secured thereto to form a platthe contrary one may be stationary and one movform. able dependent on the accessibility and require- The brackets 2, being part of 1A, are bent inment.

While I have shown a portable structure to be moved at the convenience of the operator, the

same may be attached to a stationary object or machine where the portable features are not required or thought desirable. The standard need not be notched, it was only thought desirable to notch the same to obviate frictional wear of long usage aswhen new the bow of the standard will cause sufficient friction to hold the bracket rigid at all times.

Having now described my invention I claim as new and novel:

1. A bag holding device comprising a base a standard raising vertically therefrom said standard being composed of a plurality'of vertical strips secured together at their ends, resiliently held apart from each other at their centers and having notches along the forward surface,- oppositely disposed semi-circular arms disposed substantially at each end of a bracket, said bracket provided at its center with a transverse opening through which the standard may pass, said transverse opening being provided with a horizontal protrusion which comes in locking contact with the aforesaid notches'thereby holding said bracket at any desired height, said semi-circular arms disposed substantially in a horizontal plane with their concave sides toward each other, said arms being fulcrumed about vertical pivots, means supplied to hold said arms resiliently apart substantially as shown.

2. A bag holding device comprising a base a standard raising vertically therefrom, said standard being composed of a plurality of vertical strips secured together at their ends, resiliently held apart from each other at their centers, oppositely disposed, semi-circular arms disposed substantially at each end of a bracket, said bracket provided at its center with a transverse opening through which the standard may pass, said semicircular arms disposed substantially in a horizontal plane with their concave sides toward each other, said arms having outward horizontal protr'u'sions along the lower side of said curved surface forming a bag supporting ledge, said arms being fulcrumedabout vertical pivots, means supplied to hold said arms resiliently apart substantially as shown.

3. In a'bag holder, the combination with the bag engaging arms, of a bracket supporting said arms, said bracket having a vertical passage through it, a standard comprising two strips of metal arranged in propinquity and having resilient portions slightly separated, said standard portions being constructed to engage the passage of the bracket resiliently permitting the bracket to be moved up and down and held in adjusted position. 7

' FRED S. ELLIOTT. 

